‘The shoes are the hero of the ensemble, with the other pieces playing key supporting roles… They are a complimentary pair of wedding shoes, one with a flower-bedecked train, the other with objects tied to its bumper – honeymoon style.’
Diane’s design concept statement describes the shoes as follows:
‘The warm brown of natural, unrinsed flax will echo throughout the piece, with bold pops of colour drawing the eye to the shoes, flowers and other component details’.
Artist’s statement:
‘…my artistic practice extends widely through the medium’s expressive possibilities. In its most straightforward forms, this means creating works from freshly beaten pulp, forming sheets, and sculpting bold, expressive forms in wet, high-shrinkage flax. Using paper in its least stable or inert form means enlisting the elusive powers of alchemy to coax or simply allow paper to seemingly turn itself into wood or skin or other disparate materials. Working with 2 ½-4 hour overbeaten flax pulp also means incorporating expected wrinkling and shrinkage into any work, but with elements of drama and the unexpected; I can guide and anticipate much of what my work will be, but it will always contain surprise’.
Diane has an Education B.A. (Art) from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She exhibited both in the US and internationally and has undertaken artist residencies.
Materials: Flax paper and paper pulp, linen cord, paper yarn, florist wire, dye materials.